Whatever Happened to the 'Agri Decumates'
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19150896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Hind (corresponding author), J G F Hind |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Pages | 187-187 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Britannia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0068-113X • E-ISSN: 1753-5352 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/526591 |
| OpenAlex | W2319223907 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Tacitus is the only ancient writer to give any information about the Agri Decumates, or indeed even to mention them. Thus, all that we know of them is confined to the period c.a.d. 70-98. In the Germania, dated firmly to the latter year, Tacitus tells us that the occupants of the Decumates agri could hardly count as Germans. They were rather immigrants of fairly recent origin drawn from the least substantial groups among the Gauls, who, through want, had taken up possession of this risky territory. More recently, however, a defensive line had been drawn, garrisons sent in and the area had become a pocket of imperial security and a part of the province (of Upper Germany)
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Immigration · Period (music) · Possession (linguistics) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeological and Historical Studies · History · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |